Yes, that's very true John, but this should highlight what a ripoff OEM computers are. The solution is to look at an independent shop that will build from either customer-supplied components or at least a customer-supplied list. Many of these also have volume license of Windows, so customers can somewhat offset the build cost.
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Yes, that's very true John, but this should highlight what a ripoff OEM computers are. The solution is to look at an independent shop that will build from either customer-supplied components or at least a customer-supplied list. Many of these also have volume license of Windows, so customers can somewhat offset the build cost.
20% Value Added Tax?
I wish we had a VAT here so we wouldn't be bothered by income taxes. But then I haven't had much of an income since my Silicon Valley job was sent to China.
Problem is, new taxes don't replace other ones; they tend to be in addition to existing ones, regardless of what the politicians claim.
20% Value Added Tax?
I wish we had a VAT here so we wouldn't be bothered by income taxes. But then I haven't had much of an income since my Silicon Valley job was sent to China.
Ha ha we have Income Tax AND VAT! I smoke and I commented to a newsagent about the price of ciggies (about £5.78 for 20) and he relplied that he only made a tiny profit when he sold a pack. The vast majority of the price goes to the government.
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Hi guys,
I'm going to starting picking things up over the next few months. Just a few questions. Is there a website where I can see if what I want is compatible with each other?
I was going to pick up a case first, but what next? Motherboard? Processor? What order should I do stuff in?
I have a couple of unused external firewire drives. I was wondering about taking the drives out and using these as extra drives (main drive will be SSD) what would I need to pick up to stick this drives in?
Cheers
I'm going to starting picking things up over the next few months. Just a few questions. Is there a website where I can see if what I want is compatible with each other?
I was going to pick up a case first, but what next? Motherboard? Processor? What order should I do stuff in?
I have a couple of unused external firewire drives. I was wondering about taking the drives out and using these as extra drives (main drive will be SSD) what would I need to pick up to stick this drives in?
Cheers
Like I said earlier several of the mainstream PC magazines do a list of components to build various standards of PC based on your budget, and all those components are (naturally) compatible. You'd be best to get the case first - if you don't mind your PC looking brutal I suggest the HAF-X http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&...x=aps&hvadid=454841928&ref=pd_sl_6xu86ufrrp_e or the HAF 922 if you are on a budget. Motherboard should be next, if you want to be bang up to date an LGA 2011 mobo is nice but these only take Intel CPU's.